Research in the School of Education

Research and Research Degrees

Education at UWS offers quality research education through a variety of higher research degrees. Our research programs and staff research interests have a strong focus on equity and represent a breadth of theoretical and applied research frameworks and methodologies.

Research programs and projects

Education at UWS has many research strengths, expressed through a variety of research programs.  Some of these are centred in the School of Education, while a number are aligned with the Centre for Educational Research (CER), a high level UWS research concentration which contains many academics from the School of Education, and works in close collaboration with the School.

Research programs comprise teams of researchers, postgraduate students and other partners who are committed to a common research area, and who collaboratively plan to win research grants, undertake field research, and publish in their field.

Our programs of educational research, spanning both the School and Centre, include:

- Early Childhood Education research program
- Primary Education research program 
- Secondary Education and the Future
- Social Ecology research program
- Special Education research program
- Work Knowledge Democracy (A CER program led by Prof Michael Singh)
- Educational Excellence and Equity (a CER program led by Prof Rhonda Craven)
- Diversity, Policy and Practice (a CER program led by Prof Christine Halse)

In addition, individual academic staff in the School have a diversity of special research interests. You can also visit our Current Projects page.

At any time in the School, a variety of current research projects are undertaken by individual academic and research teams. You are welcome to contact any of our staff about their research programs and interests.

Staff research interests

As well as participating in research programs, staff in the School of Education conduct research across such areas as:

curriculum
engagement
equity
ethnicity and culture
gender
inclusivity
Indigenous education
learning
literacy
pedagogy
educational policy
social justice
teacher education and professional learning

You are welcome to visit our staff profiles to investigate the forms of research and publishing that our academic staff undertake.